Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. ArmyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 |
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Page 2348
... expended . A preliminary examination and survey were made during the year and report thereon submitted ( see H. Doc . No. 307 , 61st Cong . , 2d sess . ) . The deterioration in the works of improvement at this locality has been the ...
... expended . A preliminary examination and survey were made during the year and report thereon submitted ( see H. Doc . No. 307 , 61st Cong . , 2d sess . ) . The deterioration in the works of improvement at this locality has been the ...
Page 2416
... expended during the year was for the hire of gauge keepers . Estimate of additional funds required . Amount required for expenditure in fiscal year ending June 30 , 1912 , for maintenance of improvement .. Submitted in compliance with ...
... expended during the year was for the hire of gauge keepers . Estimate of additional funds required . Amount required for expenditure in fiscal year ending June 30 , 1912 , for maintenance of improvement .. Submitted in compliance with ...
Page 2439
... expended during the fiscal year for office expenses , repairs to tide gauge , and surveys , the latter consisting principally of borings at the site of the dredging expected to be done in the next fiscal year , to determine the ...
... expended during the fiscal year for office expenses , repairs to tide gauge , and surveys , the latter consisting principally of borings at the site of the dredging expected to be done in the next fiscal year , to determine the ...
Page 2614
... Expended to June 30 , 1910_ Outstanding liabilities For pay of crews and maintenance of 6 steam tugs and 1 launch Expended to June 30 , 1910_ Outstanding liabilities . Balance $ 10 , 260.00 $ 10 , 127.30 78.61 10 , 205. 91 $ 54.09 ...
... Expended to June 30 , 1910_ Outstanding liabilities For pay of crews and maintenance of 6 steam tugs and 1 launch Expended to June 30 , 1910_ Outstanding liabilities . Balance $ 10 , 260.00 $ 10 , 127.30 78.61 10 , 205. 91 $ 54.09 ...
Page 2634
... expended , 1901-1910_ . Net amount expended , 1850-1900_ . Total net expended --- ( a ) For construction ____ . For operation , maintenance , and repairs_ . ( b ) Paid by United States ... Paid by District of Columbia ... . $ 184 ...
... expended , 1901-1910_ . Net amount expended , 1850-1900_ . Total net expended --- ( a ) For construction ____ . For operation , maintenance , and repairs_ . ( b ) Paid by United States ... Paid by District of Columbia ... . $ 184 ...
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act of June allotment amend America in Congress appropriated approved March authorized Average balance unexpended bank barges Bend bled boat boilers bridge Cairo Canal cent channel Chief of Engineers City coal Columbia River completed Congress assem construction contract cost cubic yards depth District of Columbia dredge ending June 30 feet 6 inches fiscal year ending Galveston gauge House Document Numbered House of Representa Improving harbor Island Jeffersonville July June 25 June 30 Lake levee district linear feet maintenance mattress miles minutes Mississippi River Commission Missouri River mouth navigation nineteen hundred Ohio River operations Oreg Park plant Point Point Pleasant pounds Proviso repairs report submitted revetment river and harbor Rock sand scow season Secretary Secretary of War Senate and House shoal square steamer Steel street submitted in House sundry civil act survey thousand dollars tion tives tons Total United Washington Wood
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Page 2810 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of...
Page 2827 - That before any money shall be expended in the construction or test of any gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements under the supervision of the said Board, the Board shall be satisfied, after due inquiry, that the Government of the United States has a lawful right to use the inventions involved in the construction of such gun...
Page 2811 - The motor boat shall be liable for the said penalty and may be seized and proceeded against, by way of libel, in the district court of the United States for any district within which such vessel may be found.
Page 2862 - Provided, That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate $2,500,000, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore appropriated.
Page 2831 - That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 2811 - That the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall make such regulations as may be necessary to secure the proper execution of this Act by collectors of customs and other officers of the government.
Page 2917 - It shall be the duty of said commission to take into consideration and mature such plan or plans and estimates as will correct, permanently locate, and deepen the channel and protect the banks of the Mississippi River; improve and give safety and ease to the navigation thereof ; prevent destructive floods ; promote and facilitate commerce, trade, and the postal service...
Page 2823 - The persons owning or operating any such bridge shall maintain, at their own expense, such lights and other signals thereon as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall prescribe.
Page 2936 - Nearly one-half of this is in the Upper Tensas levee district. High water. — In the absence of what is usually considered high water this year, the levees have sustained no damage on this account and no high-water protection has been necessary. The highest gauge readings of this year at selected stations, comprising mainly those at the mouths of the larger tributaries, are given in the following table. It will be noticed that the slopes of the last two years differ materially from those of the...
Page 2821 - That such structures may be built under authority of the Legislature of a State across rivers and other waterways, the navigable portions of which lie wholly within the limits of a single State, provided the location and plans, thereof are submitted to and approved by the Chief of Engineers and by the Secretary of War...